February 04, 2012 -- Updated October 07, 2011 02:05 HKT
Interest Rates
US Treasury 30 yr Bonds decline
US Treasury 30 yr Bonds decline for 2nd day before jobs report US Treasury bonds fell for a 2nd day, pushing yields above 3%, as a report showing a decline in weekly US jobless claims added to speculation the US Labor Department will say employers added workers last month. The yield on the benchmark 10-year [...]
EU and Budgets
EU summit finalizes fiscal treaty, vows to boost growth European Union (EU) leaders have finalized a new fiscal treaty for tighter budgetary discipline and pledged to boost economic growth and youth employment in the EuroZone’s latest efforts to combat debt crisis. At their Summit that concluded Monday, EU leaders strove to strike a balance between [...]
German short-term debt sale sees strong demand
German short-term debt sale sees strong demand Germany Monday attracted strong demand at a sale of 12-month bonds with an ultra-low average rate. Germany’s offer of 3.0-B Euros’ (US$3.9-B) worth of 12-month bonds was responded with purchase bid of 5.5-B Euros. The country sold 2.54-B Euros and the remaining 460-M Euros will be sold in [...]
Euro Crisis Debt Swap Certain
Greek debt-swap accord coming together, terms “pretty much set” Greece and its private creditors said early Saturday they had made progress during talks in Athens on a debt-swap accord needed to lower the Country’s borrowings and clear the way for a 2nd round of International aid. “The elements of an unprecedented voluntary private-sector involvement are [...]
CAD Canadian Trade Outlook
Canada over-estimates foreign trade Canadians over-estimate the value of their country’s trade with the United States, a major think tank says in a report released Thursday. The Conference Board of Canada report uses a “value-added” methodology of tracking the flow of goods. It says this new analysis system takes into account different steps of the [...]
Interest Rates in Brazil
Brazil’s annual basic interest rate down to 10.5% Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided Wednesday evening to cut the country’s annual basic interest rate Selic by 0.5 percentage pt to 10.5%. It was the 4th consecutive cut in the Selic rate, which is now at the lowest level since June 2010. The cut [...]
Retailers and Bankers at Odds in Australia
Australian retailers want banks to pass on rate cut to consumers The Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), representing the Country’s leading retailers, Tuesday urged Australia’s banks to pass on the full rate cut by the central bank to boost consumers spending during the Christmas Season. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Tuesday announced its decision [...]
Greece Still Selling T-Bills
Greece raises EUR1.3-B in 6-month T-Bills sale Greece raised EUR1.3-B (US$1.79-B) during a new 6 month T-Bills auction, the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) in Athens announced Tuesday. The 26-wk Treasury Bills were sold at an interest rate of 4.89%, slightly higher than the rate of 4.86% in a sale on October 11 which [...]
Philipp Roesler Vows to Protect Euro
German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Philipp Roesler ended a 2-day visit to Greece Friday, pledging that Germany will do everything in its power to protect the Euro currency. Mr. Roesler, who headed a 70-member delegation of German industrialists, also inked a bi-lateral agreement with the Greek government to boost investments in the debt-ridden country [...]
How Well Are You Hedged?
Why should you hedge?. The answer is simple, you can secure profits long term if you limit your risk. To understand hedging you must first understand a basic but ignored concept that all investors and traders should know. Equity Beta, which is a calculation of how volatile a stock is when the market itself is [...]
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